At the AIPPI annual meeting I participated as chairman of the international leadership team for Study Question 278 “Industrial designs and the role of prior art”. Previous to this, I had also been chairman of the Canadian group studying this question.
I also participated in the Canadian Group studying Q276 “Inventiveness and sufficiency of disclosure in AI inventions”
In addition I participated as discussion leader in the AIPPI cafe 34 session “Parody, satire and pastiche” lead by Dale Nelson.